A two-week journey to all 468 NYC subway stops
Documented in photographs, sketches, and words.

Monday, May 4, 2009

F Train - Van Wyck Blvd.-Briarwood (Day 9, stop #367)

Out: This is a pretty empty stretch of Queens Blvd. here.There are plenty of trees around, a few apartments, and a hospital nearby.In general, though, there’s not a whole to comment on.It’s still very close to the Van Wyck Expwy, and it looks like there might be some park nearby.I can’t really tell who lives around here by foot traffic, but I saw a mix of whites, Asians, and Hispanics in the train station.

In:There is a narrow platform here, with white tiles on the walls.The layout is two platform, four track with express bypass (even though the E train stopped here this morning).There is some artwork by children lining the white-tiled tunnel under Queens Blvd.The lighting is decent.The station has a black and yellow color scheme, with a yellow tile stripe along the wall and an IND-style mosaic tile station name with a black background.The stop is a bit dirty but not terrible.There are blue-grey metal columns next to the platform edge.The mezzanine is of a decent size with a transit police bureau.